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65,000 people affected by flooding in Assam, India


ndtv.com
Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:48 UTC
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155 villages have been affected due to the floods.
65,000 people in over 155 villages have been affected due to the incessant rains and floods in the state.

Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in its flood report today that the affected villages are in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Sonitpur districts.

Sonitpur district bore the brunt of the disaster with nearly 50,000 people suffering, followed by Lakhimpur with over 13,000 people being affected, it said. Over 1,600 hectares of crop areas are under water.

Authorities have opened seven relief camps in Sonitpur, where 7,712 people are taking shelter.

The flood waters have also washed away two parts of a road and two embankments were breached in Lakhimpur, while five roads were damaged and several embankments were breached at four places in as many rivers in Sonitpur.

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Unusual gathering of 50 sharks in shallow water in Sussex, UK

Kelly-Ann Mills
Daily Mirror, UK
Thu, 16 Jul 2015 18:56 UTC
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Dozens: Around 50 sharks can seen seen swimming in shallow waters at the nature reserve
More than 50 sharks can be seen in this remarkable footage as they swim around in just knee-deep water in Sussex.

The school of sharks - many of whom are 5ft in length - have been identified as smooth-hounds, which are normally found in coastal waters.

These creatures were caught on camera by an RSPB warden at a nature reserve near Selsey.

Warden Peter Hughes said: "It was astonishing.

"There were just these huge fish everywhere in knee-deep water.

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4 inches of hailstones prompts summer use of snowplows in Rapid City, South Dakota


The Detroit News
Thu, 16 Jul 2015 18:27 UTC
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© Karen Maudlin / AP
This Tuesday, July 14, 2015 photo provided by Karen Maudlin shows cars on the side of the road after a hailstorm near Rockerville, South Dakota. A brief but intense hailstorm Tuesday dropped as much as 4 inches of slippery pellets in a South Dakota city prompted officials to call out snowplows in the middle of summer.
A brief but intense hailstorm that dropped as much as 4 inches of slippery pellets in a South Dakota city prompted officials to call out snowplows in the middle of summer.

Pennington County Sheriff's Deputy Matthew Jackson tells the Rapid City Journal that the Tuesday night incident on U.S. Highway 16 south of Rapid City was "definitely weird" for mid-July.

The National Weather Service says pea-size hail pelted the highway for about 15 minutes. Jackson says the area was shrouded in heavy fog as the hail melted and a few cars went off the road, but that there were no serious injuries.
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6.4 magnitude earthquake in Atlantic Ocean near Barbados creates possibility of local tsunami


The Weather Channel
Thu, 16 Jul 2015 12:27 UTC
The epicenter of Thursday's earthquake off the coast of Barbados
© USGS
The epicenter of Thursday's earthquake off the coast of Barbados.
An earthquake in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Barbados Thursday shook tiny island chains, and also created the risk of a localized tsunami.

The magnitude-6.4 quake hit around 11:15 a.m. ET, and was centered 87 miles northeast of Barbados. The tremor was shallow, only about 3 miles deep.

The USGS estimates as many as 1 million people felt the jolt. People from Bridgetown, Barbados, well south into the Port of Spain report feeling weak to light shaking.
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Floods and storms in Brazil leave 3 dead, 79 injured

Richard Davies
floodlist.com
Thu, 16 Jul 2015 14:07 UTC
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© Photo: Marcelo Rossi/ Prefeitura de Esteio Port Alegre
Floods in Esteio, Brazil 14 July 2015.
Storms and floods have affected three southern states of Brazil since 10 July 2015, leaving 3 dead, 79 injured and nearly 1,000 displaced.

According to the Civil Defense of the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, more than 30,000 people have been affected. Two people have died and 8 injured in Santa Catarina, and one death has been reported in Paraná, where 71 people have also been injured.

In Paraná, around 44 municipalities have been affected. Around 3,000 homes have suffered damage and 248 people have been evacuated.

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Floods in Maravilha, Brazil, 14 July 2015.
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Scientists in Norway left completely baffled by freak storm that dumps 100mm of rain in one hour

David Trayner
The Independent
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:46 UTC
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Scientists in Norway have been left baffled by a storm at the edge of the Arctic Circle that dumped more than 10cm of rain on a village in a single hour.

More than 100mm of rain fell on the Norwegian village of Ogndal, an amount rarely seen outside the tropical rainforests of Brazil or Indonesia.

The downpour, which left farm animals petrified and meteorologists scratching their heads, is believed to have shattered records for the area, the Local has reported.

More than a month's rain fell in 60 minutes and the precipitation more than doubled a record-breaking storm in Oslo, the Norwegian capital, last summer.

Government meteorologist Geir Ottar Fagerli told national broadcaster NRK: "This just does not happen in Norway, we have a hard time believing that it's true.

"It's not that we doubt the observations, but it is absolutely amazing. These are figures that you only normally see in the jungle."
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Woman attacked by bobcat outside her home in Luverne, Alabama

Erin Edgemon
al.com
Tue, 14 Jul 2015 16:07 UTC
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A woman was attacked and bitten by a bobcat outside her rural Crenshaw County home, according to reports.

Sheriff Mickey Powell told WSFA the woman was standing outside her Sweetwater Road home when the animal hissed at her and then jumped on her.

The bobcat reportedly bit the woman on her right arm several times before her husband was able to get the animal away from her and shoot it.

The animal was shot multiple times. The carcass is being tested for rabies.

The National Bobcat Rescue & Research organization said bobcat attacks are virtually unknown.

A representative from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources wasn't immediately available for comment.
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Portents and signs: Doubled-headed bullock sold at auction in Mareeba, Australia

Daniel Piotrowski
Daily Mail, UK
Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:08 UTC
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Two faces! This unnamed two-face bullock was successfully sold at Mareeba Saleyards by Queensland Rural selling agent Jack Shepherd
For a bullock with two heads, he's mighty healthy.

A cattle saleyard in Mareeba, North Queensland, hosted an unusual sight on Tuesday when a livestock agent arrived to hawk a two-faced cow.

Its second face, mounted on top of its first, had one eye, a single tooth and functional nostrils, according to the saleyard. It was in 'great condition'.

'Mate, he's as fat as a fool!' said Elders selling agent Mark Peters, who witnessed the animal's purchase yesterday.

Mr Peters said: 'It was an absolute prime condition animal, he just had two faces'.

Unsurprisingly, the two-faced animal attracted curious glances at the saleyards.

'It received a fair amount of attention,' said Queensland Rural livestock agent Jack 'Jacko' Shephard, who sold the bullock.

Comment: This year seems to have been very busy for this kind of thing:

Portents and signs: Rare two-headed Russell's viper born in Hyderabad, India

Portents and signs: Two-headed lizard hatched in Birkenhead, UK

Portents and signs: Pig born with two heads and three eyes in Columbia

Portents and signs: Piglet born with 2 heads in China

Portents and signs: Dog with two bodies and eight legs born on Tonga

Portents and signs: Mutant pig born with strange features and appendage in China

Portents and signs: Mutant pig born in Scotland

Portents and signs: Calf born with 2 heads at Florida farm

Portents and signs: Lamb born with face like an 'angry old man' in Dagestan

Portents and signs: 5-legged lamb born in Wales

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Cloud Precipitation

2 dead and 6 missing after floods wipe out homes, trees and cars in Flat Gap, Kentucky

Kelly Mclaughlin
Daily Mail, UK
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:02 UTC
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At least one man and one woman have died and six more are missing after flash floods hit northern Johnson County
Floodwaters in Kentucky have killed at least one man and one woman, left six more missing and sent rescue crews to comb the hilly Appalachian terrain on Tuesday, as the threat of more floods bore down on rescue efforts.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Steven Mounts said emergency personnel in the hardest-hit neighborhoods in Johnson County struggled with the debris and difficult communication as they went door-to-door Tuesday, searching for those who might be trapped in their homes.

Some people were rescued from trees they climbed to escape the floodwaters, according to county Sheriff Dwayne Price. The missing range in age from 22 to 74.

Johnson County Coroner J.R. Frisby has identified the two people whose bodies have been found as 65-year-old Herman Eddie May Sr. and 74-year-old Willa Mae Pennington, both of the Flat Gap area.

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Cloud Precipitation

Flooding and mass power outages hit Auckland, New Zealand

Laura Walters
stuff.co.nz
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:45 UTC
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© Kat Jackson
Finlayson Ave Manurewa is completely flooded just south of the marae.
Heavy rain has brought havoc to parts of Auckland, flooding roads and property, cutting power and disrupting traffic.

More than a thousand homes were without power during the night and dozens of homes are flooded.

Vector spokeswoman Sandy Hodge said power was out in the suburb of St Heliers, with about 1600 homes affected initially on Wednesday evening.

Crews were fixing the fault, which was believed to have been caused by branches coming down on power lines, Hodge said.

The fire service responded to 100 calls in the Auckland and Northland area during between 6pm and 9pm, with most of them related to the flooding. Fire crews have gone to more than 50 flooded addresses. It is still receiving 111 calls from affected residents in South Auckland.

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